BI or Not??......and iPods

IUgrad92 · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Jan 26, 2009, 04:02pm

Not saying I disagree with the BI call, but can this OP in anyway be associated with an offensive player dunking the ball?

A lot of times on a dunk, when the ball is 'in the basket', the offensive player is grasping the rim or sometimes pulling it down, and/or even touching the net.

IUgrad92 · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Jan 26, 2009, 04:06pm

On the iPod/earphones thing, I heard one official say that he would walk that player over to his coach and then tell the coach "I need a different team captain, one that can hear me."

Nevadaref · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Jan 26, 2009, 04:08pm

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Originally Posted by IUgrad92

Not saying I disagree with the BI call, but can this OP in anyway be associated with an offensive player dunking the ball?

A lot of times on a dunk, when the ball is 'in the basket', the offensive player is grasping the rim or sometimes pulling it down, and/or even touching the net.

There is a specific exception to the definition of basket interference listed in the rules book for dunking.

This clearly isn't a dunk, so that exception can't apply.